Question: The more I progress, the more my imperfection is revealed. Is this the Creator’s help?

Answer: Yes. The fact that the Creator reveals more and more imperfections to you is His help to you. Thank Him for that.

Question: What is this point that feels shame at the difference in qualities with the Creator?
If our qualities are opposite to Him, where does shame come from?

Answer: Shame comes from above. The Creator sends it in a form and portion that you need to feel to rise to the next level.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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Question: The more we become involved in studying and with the ten, the more we feel our lack. We move on only by understanding that we are still far from the Creator. Is that correct?

Answer: No, it is wrong. Advancement consists of revealing evil in each of you and the entire ten, and to the extent it is revealed, you are getting closer to the Creator and not moving away.

The fact that you feel more and more opposite to the Creator speaks precisely about your approach to the Creator.

Question: How can we raise prayers to the Creator for correction if egoism conceals the necessity to correct ourselves? Where can we get strength and depth?

Answer: Through friends, through the connection between you; you have to get it from each other.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Who Comes to Purify”

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Question: How does the mind accept a different perception of reality? You often say that mind is harmful. But on the other hand, it helps.

Answer: The mind serves desires. If desires are aimed at striving toward the goal of creation, toward balance with nature, with the Creator, then this mind is beneficial. It should be activated, developed, stimulated.

But if the mind is directed toward harming others, then of course it needs to be somehow tamed because it leads us backward.

That is, if a person is overwhelmed by any animalistic passions, it does not matter. The main thing is for the mind, which belongs to the human level, to be directed toward achieving unity with creatures and merging with nature, with the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The World as We don’t Know it” 1/12/12

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Question: How does the scrutiny in the mind affect our heart when we attain some truth transmitted to us by the sages? Conversely, how does it affect the mind if the heart figures out what is sweet and bitter?

Answer: This is how it happens because a person feels bitter and sweet in parallel with truth and false.

Question: How can the Creator hate if He is kind and loving? Where does the hatred come from?

Answer: We say in human language that the Creator hates or loves so we can better understand each other.

Question: The light came and left, and the memory remained. Are we working with this memory when we figure out the categories of true-false or bitter-sweet?

Answer: Yes, this memory is called a Reshimo (an information, spiritual record).

Question: Is there a difference between bringing contentment to the Creator and taking care of the Creator? And how do you find your sincere concern for the Creator and not for yourself?

Answer: True work for the sake of the Creator can only happen after correcting our common Kli. Therefore, it is good that you are thinking, worrying, and caring about it now.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Scrutiny of Bitter and Sweet, True and False”

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“And then pray” means that everyone should examine himself and see how much effort he is giving to the society. Then, when he sees that he is powerless to do anything for society, there is room for prayer to the Creator to help him and give him strength and desire to engage in love of others (Rabash, Article 17, Part Two, “The Agenda of the Assembly”).

Question: In the article “The Agenda of the Assembly,” Rabash writes that after a person has checked himself, realizes he has no strength, and turns to the Creator, he must think that his prayer has been accepted.

What does it mean? Is it that you don’t receive an obvious answer, but must think your prayer is accepted?

Answer: Nobody receives an explicit answer from above. It is just that when we put a lot of effort into getting closer to each other and clinging to each other, all together in this circle of friends trying to achieve some kind of joint effort, we begin to understand how important it is for us, how necessary it is, and, in general, how real it is.

Question: It seems to you that you turn to the Creator but do not receive an answer. That is, the friends do not become important in your eyes. Is it different from how it works when what you ask is what you get?

Answer: No, they become important. There is no such thing as “asked and received.” Gradually, the friends become closer and begin to feel that there is truly a connection between them. And then they can test it in their sensations.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 4/4/24

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Question: Did Kabbalists like Baal HaSulam and Rabash seek to spread Kabbalah to the world to reduce the pressure on it?

Answer: No, not for that reason. Kabbalists seek to present Kabbalah to the world so that it quickly comes to adhesion with the Creator in a good way because that is the best state for the world. But most importantly, because it is desirable to the Creator.

And although you feel very sorry for the world, this is not out of love for it, but primarily out of love for the Creator, because you must work more from the desire to give Him pleasure.

The same self-centered struggle is happening here: for what? Certainly not for oneself anymore. For the sake of the world or the sake of the Creator? And here arises such duality. After all, it is impossible to build a coherent action without all the components—me, world, Creator—being put together in the right packaging, since only then will they yield results. Therefore, it is necessary to work on their correct combination.

It is like aiming; you must align all axes so that your eye, the front sight, and the object are all on the same line. Then you hit the target. It is the same here.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How to Change the World for the Better?” 1/23/12

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To achieve Dvekut, they must achieve equivalence of form, meaning “As He is merciful, you, too, are merciful (Rabash, Article No. 16, 1984, “Concerning Bestowal”).

Question: What does it mean, “as He is merciful”? It is not like I have the Creator before my eyes, and I understand what He does and take His example.

Answer: This is not necessary. The Creator’s actions do not matter to you. You must do them yourself rather than study what the Creator does. If you want to do something good for Him that pleases in feeling and action, then you must do it.

The essence of actions for the sake of the Creator is that if the Creator is great in your eyes, doing something for Him will bring you enjoyment because this is the purpose of creation.

Therefore, man’s task is to make the Creator great in his eyes. Since he does not know who the Creator is but knows His main property is bestowal, he must magnify this property.

It turns out that if the property of bestowal is essential in a person’s life, he can perform actions for the sake of bestowal and even enjoy them.

Question: Does the desire to become like the Creator lead me to pleasure?

Answer: If you desire it, then of course it leads to pleasure. You are happy, you enjoy it, you are proud of it.
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From KabTV’s “Practical Kabbalah” 3/28/24

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Question: What does it mean to seek the truth? After all, we know that a person always receives a desire from the Creator and through this desire seeks the path to the Creator.

Answer: When a person actively engages in the work of correction, it accelerates their correction process and indicates that the person has matured.

Question: But does it matter that the desire itself is not yet corrected?

Answer: It will be corrected.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Scrutiny of Bitter and Sweet, True and False”

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